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ISP News Archives for February 9, 2026

Macquarie Hires Advisors to Prep Hull UK Broadband Operator KCOM for Sale

9th Feb 2026 (6 Comments)

A new report claims that Australian investment group Macquarie has hired business advisors at Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP) to prepare KCOM for sale in Q2 2026. The operator is the incumbent broadband and phone provider for Hull, although their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network also extends into other parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

HBO Max Streaming Service Confirms UK Launch and Prices for 26th March 2026

9th Feb 2026 (8 Comments)

The popular American TV and Movie streaming service, HBO Max, has today confirmed that it will finally go live in the UK and Ireland on 26th March 2026. Customers of Sky TV with access to the Sky Atlantic channel will also be carrying the content (here) and so will Amazon Prime, but others will now be able to subscribe directly.

GoFibre Begin Next Phase of UK Full Fibre Broadband Rollout in Scottish Borders

9th Feb 2026 (1 Comment)

Edinburgh-based UK network operator GoFibre, which is deploying a gigabit-capable broadband (FTTP) ISP network across remote rural parts of Scotland and Northern England, has today announced that they’ve begun the next stage of their rollout in the Scottish Borders region – reaching 2,000 more premises – as part of their Project Gigabit contract.

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UK Government Project to Test ZBLAN Optical Fibre Cables Made in Spaaace

9th Feb 2026 (0 Comments)

The UK Space Agency has today awarded contracts to three companies to investigate the possibility of producing advanced materials in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which includes one project (SkyYield) that aims to design a payload to process ZBLAN fluoride glass in microgravity (i.e. a specialist optical fibre that can transmit light with up to 100 times less signal loss than traditional silica fibre).

Netgem TV Drops UK Price of PLEIO Freely Streaming Box Back to £99

9th Feb 2026 (14 Comments)

Digital entertainment platform Netgem TV appears to have responded to British company Manhattan TV’s recent launch of Aero (here), which is a budget friendly (£69.99) 4K set-top-box that supports the new broadband-based live TV streaming service – Freely, by dropping the price of their own rival PLEIO box back from £109.89 to its original launch price of £99.

O2 UK and Ontix Enhance 4G and 5G Mobile Network Capacity in North Wales

9th Feb 2026 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) and network technology provider Ontix have this morning reported that they’ve successfully deployed their first 4G and 5G Small Cells in North Wales, which have apparently gone live across Flintshire to boost data capacity (mobile broadband), including around Deeside Industrial Park.

Concern for O2 UK’s 5G Small Cells as IONX Networks Suffers Administration UPDATE

9th Feb 2026 (2 Comments)

O2’s (Virgin Media) joint deployment with IONX Networks (formerly Dense Air), which last year claimed to have become one of the first mobile operators in the UK to successfully integrate a neutral host Small Cell into their live 5G Standalone (SA) core network (here), has been cast into doubt after IONX fell into administration at the end of last year.

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